As the midnight fades in boys townAnd the hustle stops to glowThis urban landscape sprawls before meAnd the hunger starts to growBut something more than my daddy showed to meHow he wanted to make a man of meLiving in the lonely cities of the heartHiding in the shadows and searching in the dark

My mama reads me like an open bookShe knows when i'm up or downBut every night i stay longerIn the creole part of townSomething more than what the good lord gave to meSomething more, much more than thisLiving in the lonely cities of the heartHiding in the shadows, searching in the dark

And it never stops, no it never stops, no one defends you nowLiving in the lonely cities of the heart

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I can take a little pain, but not tonight again

Outside my hotel window i hear the mardi grasKeep the candle burning bright babe, i've come too farAs daylight creeps through the curtains i start to slip away,And everything that seems so certain is just another day

Living in the lonely cities of the heartHiding in the shadows searching in the darkAnd it never stops, no it never stops, no one defends you nowLiving in the lonely cities of the heartHiding in the shadows searching in the darkAnd it never stops, no it never stops, no one defends you nowLiving in the lonely cities of the heartLiving in the lonely cities of the heart...